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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph's&amp;nbsp;MRI showed he will need surgery and that he will be out around six weeks with a groin injury,&amp;nbsp;Albert Breer&amp;nbsp;of NFL Network&amp;nbsp;reports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rudolph injured his groin in the Vikings' 20-9 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday afternoon.&amp;nbsp;He was listed on the Vikings injury report last week as a limited&amp;nbsp;participant in practice due to an abdominal injury.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prior to leaving the game in the fourth quarter, Rudolph caught three passes for 27 yards.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;KING:&amp;nbsp;\u2018The NFL Needed This\u2019&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rudolph missed the final eight games of last season with a broken foot.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In July, the Vikings signed the tight end to a five-year contract extension worth up to $40 million.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Chargers expect Danny Woodhead to miss rest of season&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Sarah Barshop&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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